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I rented a like-new pick up, automatic,  diesel (i think), for 1K baht per day from North Wheels on the Moat near the Tha Pae gate.  NO problems over 4 days of hard driving. 

The Chang Puak Buffet F&C?  Never heard of it, and if i found it i would also find 357 chinese in the queue ahead of me. 

Lanna Sports Center, aka Lanna Golf Course, has a big pool, open to all.  When?  I don't know the hours.

That's it for me. Gekko Garden!!  If i'm really hungry.

How many traffic signals between San Sai town and MaeJo University ( big hiway 1001)?  As far as i can recall, one and only one. So go to that corner, see the big car parts shop, then ask or simply drive in the tiny lane next to car parts shop.

Think u r mis-informed as much, most?, of the smoky fires in northern T'land not rice but rather corn, maize stalk, burning and also forest tree burning.  The corn mostly goes for ethanol, to run your motor bike, so the farmers ain't entirely at fault.

Seems so provincial and narrow minded to say 'no turkey, therefore, no thanksgiving'.  I for one will be eating well, and giving thanks on that special American day, but i don't need a turkey to accomplish my mission.

At the corner of the twisty San Sai hiway and the MaeJo golf turnoff, a red-light intersection, i stopped at the auto parts shop right on the corner.  No speaking thai so communications poor until clerk made a phone call and a minute later the chief mechanic came round from the big repair shop in the rear and talked to me in good English.  I never knew about the shop coz not visible from road, unless you read the thai script.  I drove back into the shop, a dozen workmen, talked over the problem and half hour later all done, done well, at the great price.  

I'll be going back when my tender wheels need love.

Say, Wilted One, we are on edible turkeys here, not any kind of beef.  And, IMO, your comments about the beef of the world are biased and without foundation.  Some beef from OZ is OK, some Argentine beef OK, much USA beef OK.

 It (bife de corizo) is the same cut as what you may know as top loin, sirloin steak, strip steak, N.Y. strip, etc.

Got it yet?  We want turkeys!

Yes, i've read that too.  To fuel the cars with ethanol, corn (maize) starch is converted  to alcohol.  So to get enough corn, farmers abandoned the traditional rice and went for corn, with subsidies galore.

The beneficiaries?  The big ethanol factories owned by the HI_SO folks, the car dealers, also owned by the HI_SO folks, various govt agencies (holding hands with the HI_SO folks), the farm implements dealers, etc.  The losers are the farmers who ruin the soil, the public who must breath in the dirty air when the burning starts and the everyday Thai who must suffer massive car jams due to uncontrolled vehicularization of the cities and towns.

Say Dave, i hope you are not confusing malt vinegar with BAYGON.  They offer very different taste experiences.

Enjoy!

Dripping, also known usually as beef dripping or, more rarely, as pork dripping, is an animal fat produced from the fatty or otherwise unusable parts of cow or pig carcasses. It is similar to lard, tallow and schmaltz.

Sandy, if you need a big sun hat, i suggest you check out the HillTribe shop next to Wat Suan Dok, just off Sirimangkalajarn Rd.  Many nice items there all made by hill tribes supported by the Royal Decrees of years ago. 

Yes, ladies of the Karen tribe, and only ladies, have just organized a  tourist camp deep in the foothills of Doi Inthanon, only a few km south of CM.  I'd have to say it looks interesting and supportive of truly local folks.

More here: http://asia.nikkei.com/Life-Arts/Life/Thailand-s-indigenous-women-break-tourism-barrier

All this Loy Krathong thing on Monday night?   That's the night of the giant moon rising, so get your seat along the river marked out.

Now there is a job: checking the elephant's sexual organ for correct colour.  

And i find it rather odd that a certain poster has so much information about the King's elephants, can translate Thai script and offers an historic photo of a very handsome elephant, all on his FIRST post.

NO, the moon ain't no bigger.  Only looks that way to alien observers, like us.

u r certainly correct, balo.  F&C can be made at home, but i do not care for all that hot, volitle oil in the air, on the windows, the countertops and the floor so i'll go out for my F&C and let u clean up.

I looked this up and what is required is a judgement by the judge.  If he 'deems'...etc.  No need for any fact to be proven.  To deem is merely express an opinion, and if by the judge that is all that is needed.

Will 35% moisture rice keep in storage?  Most other grains need about 15% moisture for long term storage.

Cube 7?  Where and what?  Sounds more like a bar. 

And precisely how to know if 'proper cod' or other fish?  We ain't in Portsmouth, UK, you may have noticed.

And what the hello is the difference if proper or improper fried fish?  What GG serves looks great, tastes great, maybe nutritionally as good as cod and for your consideration, read this:

Threatened Fish Species to Avoid Eating. With fish like cod, haddock and grouper now listed as endangered by the IUCN, many people are worried about eating them. Other concerns for divers are those fish which are associated with high levels of by-catch. 

And GG is in town, not out in the countryside.  And GG costs about HALF the money.  Case closed.

I too miss Dee as he came around my corner for years, across from the Corner Bistro.  Now some overpriced burrito cart is there, once a week.  

Best F&C, IMO, considering taste, quantity, cost, = total experience is: Gekko Garden on Friday night.  A good feed for 115 baht, which cannot be beaten by any shop in north T'land.

Yoga lesson for 5 baht?  You will get what you pay for. 

May i ask, Sandy, what would you pay for a yoga lesson here in CM?  In Vancouver i paid, 10 yrs ago, US$20, for 75 minutes, in a big group, mostly Iyengar/yin.  In SF, a bit more for the 'hot, sweaty room' type yoga. 

What is 'index'?  Not that i'll ever go there, based on your say-so.